Stoke-on-Trent gay couple feature in Wanted: A Family of My Own (ITV): TV preview

GLENN and civil partner Chris are the first gay couple in Stoke-on-Trent to adopt. Together 14 years, initially they believed they’d never have children of their own. “I never ever thought about having a family,” says Chris. “I thought with being gay, children are completely out of the question.”

Glenn was the same. “For me,” he reveals, “the hardest part of the realisation that you’re gay is coming to the understanding that you’re not going to be a father – so my whole future that I had thought about as a child had been wiped out.”

But the pair looked into adoption and, five years ago, were approved. They adopted first son Jack when he was three-years-old and Logan when he was two. Now we follow the couple as they look to adopt for the third time.

Social worker Annemarie has suggested brother and sister toddlers she’s trying to keep together. If not, the boy is likely to end up in long-term foster care.